Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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George Barros @georgewbarros.bsky.social Russia Team & GEOINT Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War. I study war, 🇺🇦, 🇷🇺, & 🇧🇾. Maker of maps and fan of GIS. Led grassroots effort to provide Ukraine Javelins in 2014. W&M alum.
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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
Dr. G @freeintellectual.bsky.social “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.” – Seneca
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Patrick Porter @mrpandaaa.bsky.social Magic the Gathering and Lego enthusiast, lover of board games and film and a whole bunch of other stuff
Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
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Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social Harvard professor, realist, FP columnist. Tennis enthusiast, amateur musician, proud dad, & grateful husband. Troubled by the state of the world & looking for solutions. For speaking engagements contact John Bute at john@chartwellspeakers.com
Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Publisher of The Bulwark. Host of the Focus Group Podcast. Co-host, The Next Level. Become a subscriber: http://TheBulwark.com/join
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Taylor Fravel @fravel.bsky.social Studying China's foreign and security policies and director of MIT's Security Studies Program
Drew Thompson 唐安竹 @tanganzhu.bsky.social Former DoD official responsible for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. Currently based in Singapore. Senior Fellow at RSIS.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social Are you shittin me?!?!! No, but you'll print that and I'll probably be investigated
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence.
Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1
Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick
Becca Wasser @beccawasser.bsky.social Defense Lead, Bloomberg Economics; Senior Fellow for Defense, CNAS. Not a journalist. Views are my own.
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Dave Wasserman @redistrict.bsky.social Fiddle player who calls elections on the side.
Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Drone pilot, cabinetmaker, and fan of classic social theory.
Owner of @americanpurpose.bsky.social
Tajuden Soroush @tajudensoroush.bsky.social A Journalist from Afghanistan
Brian Hart @brianthart.bsky.social 贺博然 | Deputy Director and Fellow, @csis.org @chinapower.csis.org | Working at the intersection of China, security, foreign policy, and tech
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Dan Snyder Burner Account @typesfast.bsky.social 
Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social Emmy-nominated reporter. Russia Today called me “notorious,” China kicked me out. Formerly Asia, Doha, California, more 🌏. Author of graphic novel YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION out now!
Internal Tech Emails @techemails.bsky.social Internal tech industry emails that surface in public records. 🔍 https://techemails.com
James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social Executive Director, Middle East Research and Information Project (www.merip.org | @merip.bsky.social). Adjuncting at Rowan University. Historian interested in Turkey, Prodigal Son of Philadelphia. Usual caveats.
Rhodes Cartography @thinkinginspace.bsky.social Maps, mapping, geoviz. No politics.
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Yang Zhang @profyangzhang.bsky.social Sociologist studying contentious & elite politics, state & empire, social networks, knowledge, theory, & China.
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Taisu Zhang @zhangtaisu.bsky.social Comparative historian, legal theorist, Chinese law and politics observer @Yale.
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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social Syndicated foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
Eric Button @button.bsky.social Technology
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https://twitter.com/ericjacobbutton
Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social Historian of the intelligentsia. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Deputy Editor @NoemaMag.com. Check out "Children of a Modest Star": https://www.sup.org/books/politics/children-modest-star. Posts my own
Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social Public opinion + politics: data, analysis, commentary.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
Richard Fontaine @rhfontaine.bsky.social CEO of the Center for a New American Security (@cnas.bsky.social). Former State Dept, NSC, SFRC, SASC, and advisor to Sen. John McCain. Tweets reflect personal views.
Susannah George @sgreports.bsky.social The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, before that Afghanistan, Pakistan & Iraq.
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Matthew Hutson @silverjacket.bsky.social Contributing Writer at The New Yorker, freelance science & tech writer, fire dancer. Into cognition—animal and mineral (aka psych & AI).
Sophia Chen @sophurky.bsky.social science journalist and lapsed physicist in Columbus, Ohio. words at MIT Tech Review, Nature, Wired
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Khari Johnson @khari.bsky.social proud dad, snack enthusiast, tech reporter at CalMatters/The Markup, formerly at WIRED and VentureBeat
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Joe McKendrick @joemckendrick.bsky.social Pondering innovation and disruption in tech and in life — with optimism and skepticism. Forbes, ZDNet, Harvard Business Review, Database Trends. Temple U., Army brat
Jory Heckman @jheckman.bsky.social Senior reporter at @GovExec covering the federal workforce & federal government | jheckman@govexec.com | Signal: jheckman.29
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Gerry @gdb.bsky.social Cats, Telecom/HFC/FTTx/data centers/ISP’s/Internet routing/datacom, physical/logical security. Mastodon:gdb@defcon.social. Esperanto, Locksport, infosec, amateur radio, electronics/programming, 3D printing, DEFCON, Supercon, reading, red wine, bourbon
Rebecca Klar @rebeccaklar.bsky.social Labor reporter @BloombergLaw | Formerly tech policy @TheHill, @YorkDispatch, @theislandnow, @CHQdaily, @bupipedream
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Formerly: IBM, Morning Consult, Mic, Gizmodo, Daily Dot, Newsweek.
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Patrick McKenzie @iampmac.bsky.social Raised on Vino's Pizza and the triple rims of Miles Park
Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com NYT tech columnist, Hard Fork co-host, best at 0.8x speed
Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social Email salesman at Platformer.news and co-host at Hard Fork.
Risto Uuk @ristouuk.bsky.social Head of European Policy and Research @ Future of Life Institute | PhD Researcher @ KU Leuven | Author, forthcoming Wiley book “The AI Endgame” (2027)
Ryan Morrison @morrison.bsky.social VideoGameAttorney on Reddit. CEO of @EvolvedTalent and Founding Partner of MGL LLP - Always pro bono advice for indies and people new to the space.
Maximilian Hess @maxhess.bsky.social Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com "A tireless chronicler and commentator on all things climate" -NYTimes.
Climate research lead @stripe, writer @CarbonBrief, scientist @BerkeleyEarth, IPCC AR7 lead author.
Website: https://zekehausfather.com/
Substack: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/
Thomas J Wood @thomasjwood.bsky.social Political scientist, Ohio State
Jessica Chen Weiss @jessicacweiss.bsky.social David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies SAIS Johns Hopkins, senior fellow Asia Society Center for China Analysis, previously Cornell, State Dept, Yale
Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social Washington Post White House Reporter
Andrew Maynard @andrewmaynard.net Professor of Advanced Tech Transitions at ASU. Consummate undisciplinarian. Write about tech, society and the future at https://futureofbeinghuman.com/ and co-host the Modem Futura podcast: https://modemfutura.com
Wally @nowooski.bsky.social I mostly tweet on Twitter.
Nathan Nobis @nathannobis.bsky.social Philosophy professor: www.NathanNobis.com, Lead Editor @ www.1000WordPhilosophy.com, co-author of www.AbortionArguments.com, and the rest.
Ben Friedman @benjaminfriedman.bsky.social Policy Director at Defense Priorities. Columbia Heights resident. Supporter of restraint in US foreign policy and the Boston Celtics.
@mzanona.bsky.social @mzanona.bsky.social Capitol Hill Correspondent for NBC News
Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.
Strategic Trends @strategictrends.bsky.social US foreign policy and national security interests in the Indo-Pacific | Maritime minded | | Learning every day | Views my own. | Always humble
Tony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social Author of the novel, EX SUPRA. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Supra-Tony-Stark/dp/B0B6L9TD6J/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=f9e567ed-9cbb-4a51-9ebe-37646193cff5
Sequel: Duality, coming soon.
Substack: Breaking Beijing.
Podcast: WarTalk (ChinaTalk)
Evan Shapiro @eureka22.bsky.social 
Emma Ashford @emmamashford.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Stimson Center, Columnist at Foreign Policy, and Adjunct Prof at Georgetown CSS.
Research on US grand strategy and energy security. Working on a book about US foreign policy in a multipolar world.
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Elisa Massimino @ecmassimino.bsky.social Human rights lawyer. Mother of 3 who amaze me. Teaching human rights advocacy @GeorgetownLaw. Executive Director, Human Rights Institute. Senior Fellow @americanprogress Former CEO Human Rights First
Stefan Schubert @stefanschubert.bsky.social I run The Update newsletter: www.update.news
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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social Runs Open Philanthropy’s Innovation Policy program. Creator of newthingsunderthesun.com, a living literature review about innovation. Website: mattsclancy.com.
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